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"Man-Made Disaster": China Quake School Memorial
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by Jordan Yerman | June 1, 2008 at 10:40 am
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On Sunday morning, hundreds of parents came to a memorial held at the remains of the Xinjian primary school in Dujiangyan, southern China. More than 230 children were killed in their classrooms when the earthquake happened.
The parents' grief is made worse by what they can see all around them. The buildings surrounding the school - a hotel and several apartment blocks - are all still standing. Some are barely even cracked.
But their children's primary school came down in the earthquake. Parents believe it fell down because it simply wasn't built properly.
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at 12:18 on June 1st, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
That is so unbelievably sad.
at 13:40 on June 1st, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 13:48 on June 1st, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
How sad...
at 15:57 on June 1st, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:11 on June 1st, 2008
I think that it is fairly obvious that the schools were badly built. However, I wonder if this is down to corruption or the fact that central government did not make sufficient funds available.
at 16:12 on June 1st, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:16 on June 1st, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.